Species that contain: Perissodus and microlepis [ 3 ] records

burgeoni, Perissodus David [L.] 1936:156 [Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 28 (no. 2); ref. 13689] Nyanza, Burndi, Lake Tanganyika. Syntypes: (3) MRAC 38892-96 (5). •Synonym of Perissodus microlepis Boulenger 1898 -- (Maréchal & Poll 1991:368 [ref. 20946]). Current status: Synonym of Perissodus microlepis Boulenger 1898. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

gracilis, Perissodus Myers [G. S.] 1936:6, Pl. 1 (fig. B) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 84 (no. 2998); ref. 13725] Kigoma, Lake Tanganyika, Africa. Holotype: USNM 84123. Paratypes: USNM 102111 (2). •Synonym of Perissodus microlepis Boulenger 1898 -- (Maréchal & Poll 1991:368 [ref. 20946]). Current status: Synonym of Perissodus microlepis Boulenger 1898. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

microlepis, Perissodus Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:496 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898 (pt 3); ref. 20658] Mbity Rocks, Lake Tanganyika. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1898.9.9.61. Appeared first as above, then in more detail in Boulenger 1898:21, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [ref. 547]. •Valid as Perissodus microlepis Boulenger 1898 -- (Maréchal & Poll 1991:367 [ref. 20946], Poll & Gosse 1995:249 [ref. 24781], Konings 2015:171 [ref. 34660], Konings 2019:182 [ref. 36983]). Current status: Valid as Perissodus microlepis Boulenger 1898. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Tanganyika. Habitat: freshwater.